Today’s interconnect organisations are more complex, fluid and dynamic than ever before. Not only is the number of intercarrier agreements growing, the range and complexity of services offered is increasing too. Managing and maintaining the comprehensiveness of these agreements is critical to eliminate disputes, unpaid bills, cashflow problems and lost financial opportunities.
Next-generation wholesale billing software can offer better controlled, more efficient processes, allowing users to add value to their organization, achieve sustainable performance and demonstrate good governance.
To counter the challenges of usage and service order errors service providers require a single, automated system that increases the productivity of error investigation teams and helps to establish a strategic revenue assurance and billing risk management framework across the enterprise
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) continues to be promoted as a silver bullet for the resolution of many corporate efficiency challenges, associated with the integration of information systems and business process related issues.
Over the last few years there has been a widespread trend of MVNOs filling many niche markets. But can they capitalise on new competitive and technological realities in the digital content market?
In a period of rapid migration to next generation IP enabled services, charging strategies are becoming increasingly important. Service providers must be able to offer flexibility in the way subscribers consume services, their payment options and the way that charges are structured. One of the biggest challenges is to recognise and evolve new business models and the associated flexibility required of back office OSS/BSS applications.
Consider this: The COO and CFO of a large telecoms service provider are concerned by falling voice revenues and more specifically the need for the firm’s wholesale business to maximise sales and curb revenue loss.
This article examines the revenue opportunities associated with IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and how service providers can identify appropriate charging strategies and solutions.
Next Generation Technology has become an essential competitive element as service providers are faced with the need to deploy triple play and quad play services and to fight head-to-head competition from cable, satellite TV and internet based rivals.
Over the last few years there has been a widespread trend of MVNOs filling many niche markets. But can they capitalise on new competitive and technological realities in the digital content market?
IMS has gained substantial momentum as the standardised architecture for the
convergence of communications service delivery. But many early adopters have taken a network-centric approach to the benefits of IMS deployment rather than taking a holistic view of the strategic opportunities, says Intec’s Simon Dadswell
IPTV has yet to hit mainstream in Russia, but all the signs are that it is set
to become a disruptive technology in Pay-TV, says Intec’s Olga Speakes
Dramatic changes in the wholesale business environment with fiercely competitive pricing of commodities such as bandwidth and minutes, crippling operational expenditure, and the launch of new customised services involving complex value chains are revolutionising the sector’s approach to process control.
The Intec Mobile Business Solution suite supports seamless evolution of your growing mobile business, from the initial introduction of simple services through to offering complex convergent products.
A new EU Data retention directive, designed to help law enforcement agencies fight crime and terrorism, is set to place a huge cost and technical burden on telecoms operators.